Comet 69P/Taylor observed by LOSS/KAIT
ATel #398; University of California, Berkeley
on 26 Jan 2005; 00:58 UT
Credential Certification: Weidong Li (weidong@astron.berkeley.edu)
W. Li, University of California at Berkeley, reports that Comet
69P/Taylor was serendipitously imaged by LOSS/KAIT [see Filippenko
et al. 2001, in "Small-Telescope Astronomy on Global Scales," ed.
W. P. Chen et al. (San Francisco: ASP), p. 121] on Jan 22.3322 UT
in the field of the galaxy MCG +05-22-004. The position of the
comet is measured as R.A. = 9h4m9s.67, Decl. = +29 45'28".9
(J2000.0; uncertainty 0".3 on both axes). The comet has an unfiltered
mag of roughly 17, and has a tail about 15" in size with position
angle about 120 degrees.
